jpdb beta

tough guy; wild one; veteran (in a particular field); expert; person of surprising audacity; someone with a lot of nerve

2

after making the rounds; after having passed through many hands; after going through many places; eventually

1

letter; note

6

always; usually

2

innermost feelings; heart; motive; nature; disposition; spirit

2

consideration; thought

1

carrier pigeon; homing pigeon

1

reading in a monotone; stiff delivery; wooden delivery; reading a Chinese classical text without translating it into Japanese

2

cotton (material); red silk-cotton tree (Bombax ceiba)

1

stagnation; hindrance; delay

2

article; item; thing; goods; wares

2

to place persons opposite; to come face to face with; to compare (with); to check (against); to match

1

older brother; elder brother

1

parcel; package

6

elegance; refinement; grace; aroma

2

mail; postal matter; postal item

1

refreshing; clear

1

ordinary mail (post)

1

cockroach

2

suspicious; dubious; unreliable; indecent; unseemly

2

sewing (by machine)

1

stop; stoppage; end

1

(corrugated) cardboard; cardboard box; carton

1

name and address (on an envelope, etc.); (addressee's) name; addressee

1

word processor

1

sender (e.g. of mail)

1

made of cloth

1

four characters; four letters

1

to be intricate; to be elaborate; to be complicated; to be complex

1

to send (something) unsolicited; to send without the receiver's request

1

the ways of the world; human nature

1

to be popular; to come into fashion; to be prevalent; to spread widely (e.g. disease); to flourish; to thrive

1

to be at a loss; to be puzzled

10

convenient; expedient; makeshift

1

afterwards; at a later time; later on; after some time

2

violent; cruel; fiendish

1

race; tribe; species; genus; stellar population (i.e. population I, II and III)

1

torrentially; swiftly flowing (water, esp. river); (speak) eloquently; fluently; flood of the times (moving strongly in one direction); current of the times

1

meaning; point (e.g. of a statement); gist; goal; intent; object

1

number of characters; character count

1

inheritance; something given or received

2

natural (ability)

2

mechanics; dynamics

3

at will

1

birth; birthplace; born in (country, month, imperial era, zodiac year, etc.)

3

to be one's ruin; to do harm; to cause trouble; to have negative consequences; to bring about a bad outcome

1

common occurrence; everyday occurrence; not an uncommon case; normal thing; everyday affair

2

Copernicus (1473-1543)

1

to rub together; to reconcile (ideas, proposals, plans); to compare and adjust

1

stirring; rousing oneself

2